editorial

Anne Tam
5th hour
March 8, 2009

To Take A Life

How would you feel if you did not have a choice whether to live or die? That’s what all babies victim to abortion have to face. They have no say in the situation because they have not yet been born, so therefore they are killed. A couple years ago, my friend’s mother got pregnant. She decided that she did not want another child at the time, and had an abortion a couple weeks later. However, less than a year later, my friend’s mother got pregnant again, though this time she did not have an abortion. What was the difference between these two babies? Why was one allowed to live and the other not? Abortion is wrong no matter what the reason. Everyone has a right to live, and if a woman is getting an abortion, because she got pregnant on accident, then she should have to bare the consequences.

Some people believe that abortion should be legal. They believe that abortion can fix a woman’s mistakes with getting pregnant or the woman could just not want a child. Also, they believe that abortion is not murder because it is only a fetus, not yet a fully developed baby. Supporters believe that having a child is their own decision, and if they do not want the baby at the time, they should be able to just abort it. Another reason why there are people who believe abortion is okay is if the mother’s life is in danger or she is going to die if she gives birth to the child. However, these supporters probably do not think about adoption. The woman should give birth to the baby because she got pregnant in the first place, then give it up for adoption if she really does not want the baby. Therefore, the baby would get a chance to live. Though these are good reasons as to why some believe abortion should stay legal, there are also reasons why abortion should be illegal.

There are many reasons why abortion is wrong and misleading. To think an abortion is okay just because the fetus is not a fully developed baby is absolutely wrong on a woman’s part. Abortion is the murder of unborn babies, and although there are people who believe it is not murder because a fetus is just the starting stages of a baby, there are facts to prove some women get abortions later on in the pregnancy when the fetus is already a baby. According to http://www.abortionno.org/Resources/fastfacts.html, 25% of abortions happen between the ninth and tenth week of a woman’s pregnancy. During the ninth week, the embryo has developed into a fetus, has lost its embryonic tail, and is starting to develop its genitals. By this stage, the fetus is now an unborn baby. Also, 1% of abortion happen after the 20th week of pregnancy. After the 20th week, the fetus has already fully developed his ears and can hear. All organs and structures of the fetus has developed too, and now the fetus is just entering a stage of basic growth. If the fetus has the characteristics and features of a living, breathing baby, why is it considered okay to kill it as long as it has not been unborn while killing a baby after it has been born is considered murder and wrong?
Abortion is wrong, just like the killing of a baby is wrong. No one wants to be killed, but at least he/she can try to defend themselves. However, when a child is still in his/her mother’s womb, he/she have no choice in whether he/she get to live or not, and cannot even try to defend themselves. If a female is fooling around and ends up getting pregnant, abortion is the number one solution teens think of. However, they do not consider the living baby inside of them and how the baby will die because of their foolish mistakes. People need to be more careful when they think they are only having fun, because one mistake could lead to a pregnancy, and that pregnancy could lead to an abortion. No matter how anyone looks at the situation, it is still considered murder. There are about 42 million abortions per year, and 115, 000 a day. These are about how many babies that are killed and not given a chance to live. Therefore, before you do something, think about the consequences. They might just change your life.